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HEIMAL
I left my heron to wait
in hopes of exploration
in this tundra
that is not its own
+DIFFERENT FOX SPECIES
Foxes sneak through the leaves and scout out their natural intuitions
adapting to the elements.
Darwin would be impressed by the variations
red fox, arctic and fennec
all sewed together by vertebrae
and their caching behaviors
WILDFLOWERS IN PROGESS
I’ll watch you notate
the growth of the wildflowers in progress
and I will envy your time
in the field
alone
with your thoughts
and your figures
shuffling your papers
and comparing your charts
never realizing how this will continue
without you
and you will never gain
the same momentum
of the natural specimen
placed right in front of you
Jennifer Rose Bonilla-Edgington is an artist and writer living in the greater NYC area with her husband Colin Edgington and her dog Jasper Johns Stone.